In January 2023, the US textile and apparel imports totaled 6.83 billion square meters, down 20.5% year on year but up 10.9% month on month, declining for the sixth consecutive month. Imports amounted to $9.6 billion, down 5.8% year on year yet up 9.8% month on month.

 

Among them, the apparel import volume was 2.16 billion square meters, down 17.5% from last year, but up 12.9% compared with last month. Apparel imports value of US toppled $7.27 billion, slipping by 4% year on year, but up 11% month on month.

The month on month growth of US apparel import recovered somewhat in January, after hitting a 30-month low in December since the outbreak of the pandemic in the United States in June 2020.

China's share of U.S. apparel imports has been below 40% since November 2021.

 

In January, the total amount of US textile and apparel imported from China was 2.29 billion square meters, decreasing by 27% year-on-year, and the value was 2.17 billion US dollars, down 25.4% year-on-year. Among them, the apparel imports from China totaled 700 million square meters, dropping by 30% from last year, and the value reached $1.44 billion, down 24.5% year on year.